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T - • *i. COMMON COrNellt. GUILDHALL; LOli DON, TinspAy, Oct. 4. ` THE LATE CONVENTION. • Some ordinary business being transa&ed, the Or der of the Day was read for taking into consideration a Motion of M. WAITiIMAN, That an Humble and Dutiful Address and Petition be p*- sented to His Majesty, expressing our grief and lionlaiely entered into by t h e C ommanders of His Majesty's. 'ForFes . in P ortugal, an t i the COminander of the French Army . , praying His Majesty to institute such an Enquiry intoi-ttits dishowitirable anti unprecedented transaaion, as will lea!it_9 the di scovery -and punishment of those by whose inis . conclud beenn incapacity the Cause of the Country and its Allies have so shamefully sacrificed. Mt. WAITI-IMAN said, that never in his life bad he ristra to bring f orwar d any mot i on in that as S em b lY, the propriety and necessity of which- required less Proof or . less argument. The Address to which he meant to request th e concurrence of the assembly, Was not only one of propriety, but imperious neces-;. ity. It was unnecessary for him to go over the field 9t . argument which had already gone- forth upon the, subject of this most disgraceful Convention ;-: he should barely read one or two Of those articles, which had obtained the concurrence of a British COmmander in Chief at the ering , army, and head of a conqu whose only justification of himself, for an act so aisgraceful to his country, and so vexatious to her allies, was his total ignorance of the situation Of the French armies, with whom he concluded these articles, and of the state of the country there he was scot to ,command,. After all the discesaionS that had taken place about appointing Commanders in Chief, i t was astonishing to every one, ,who heard of the aPpointment of S ir Hew Dalrymple, that such a Man should have been selected for such a command. ` - --Mr. Waith m a n t h en referred to several of the Articles of the Convention, particularly the sth, 7th, and Bth, on which he commented at some length, as well with respe6t to the terms granted to the ?rench troops, of suffering them not only to march out with the honours of war, ammunition, and bag , gage, but with the whole fruits of their plunder, without any stipulation whatever for sa cessation of their insults, oppression, and plunder, towards the l'ortuguese during their stay, but also of surrender ing the Russian force on board their fleet, 'in the Tagus, although blocked up by a British Squadron for ten months, then at the mouth of the River, and more than competent to meet the enenay.at sea, While no article whatever was stipulated for the liberation of the 5000 Spanish soldiers then im prisoned on tioard the Russian ships. What could have induced to the conclusion' of such a•treaty, under all its circumstances, it was impossible for any man to conceive, without some explanation of causes, Which no man attempted hitherto to elucidate._. Either the vidory of the 21st was signal and glorious to the British arms, or the London Gazette must be a lie, and the dispatches of the British Geoeral a forgery. But-what must be the grief and astonish ment of every Englishman, alive to the honour of his 'country and the glory of her arms, to hear that in Seven days after this vietory, achieved by one half the British force at that time in the field, after con- Siderable reinforcements of British troops bad adtully arrived, and much more considerable aid in Spanish and Portuguese were .hourly expeEted, that- such 6 Conmition should have been formed with the i , anquished army of the French, surrounded as they Itvere by a hostile country, and in the presence of viaoriaus troops nearly double their number. He was aware of the. opposition of some individuals to any inquiry, and that he might be told, that it: was discreet to wait and see whether Ministers would in quire of their osvA accOrd, or that there was no, precedent for inquiries of this sort; but he thought the feelings of the country on, this important.occa aioti owed no deference to the discretion or the leisure of Ministers. If there was no precedent, this Was the time and the occasion to make one.- There were, however, striking precedents, in bet ter times of the country, and particularly in 1756, after the failure of the. un f ortunate expedition to Minorca ; and this under the Administration of the great Lord Chatham ; the Corporatiori of "London did then address the ing for an inuir, and it was un f ortunately true that a brave Officer was sacrificed , to tilt} mac hi nations of a party, who'con trived to shift upon his shoulders the cause of that failure. Another Address was moved by the Cor poration of London for an Enquiry into the failure of the Rochefort Expedition, and a message came from the Government to the Lord Mayor - stating, that such Enquiry was to take place. And if the their Corporation of London did not think fit to withhold Chsentiments in the administration of the great atham, surely they owed no such deference to r present Rul ers. In that day sters screen themselv es from respon M sibility. sought not to A Committee of Military Offi cers was appointed, to whom all the documents and dispatches were submitted, and the result was, an Enquiry by COurt Martial. And al though it was ever so notorious to that Assembly, that an inquiry was intended on the present occasion, he still thought they should go up with this Address. Had inquiry taken place, as it ought, upon our disgraceful failure at Dunkirk, and subsequent evacuation of 1-Tolland, and upon the disgrace which afterwards 'fell upon our arms at the Helder, and the authors of those misfortunes` been brought to punishment, we should not at this day have to lament the present calamity. But what could be eipeded from the vigilance of the present Government, when we were "ttsild, that the aut h or o f our disgrace in the expedi al2n/ to F erT o 4 was nominat e d seco nd in com "!and to our troop s now going on f ore i gn ser • v'ce ? Was it to be supposed that such nien c o uld intend ny 'en ._ . qu Tortuga, ?a ;.iry even i nto out - di sgraces i n w here were such men a s D a l rymp l e an d, Burrard f ound public services any or who had ever heard of their where ! He feared the causes for aPPointing such men arose from too Much 'subser viency in tilt! Country to the disposition of Ministers ; and it was no wonder that such men obtained'ap- P 6ntin ents, When the ruinous conduCt of their pre decessors was suffered to pass with impunity. For his own part, he at present sought to throw no parti cular blame on any particular individual:—Minister or General. Inquiry was his (Ned, and his wish was, that where the valour of our troops was sUCcessi fill, their country might hate the benefits of their hia.L very, instead of having them thus barely surferidered by their Commanders, to the discouragement and dis gust of those brave officers and soldiers by vvholii-such tiramphs were achieved ; and thus the money of the country expended, and its . blood lavished in vair..— v ' I If such Things pased unpunished, soldiers could ilts ;,longer be.induceel to enter %vial ardour the field of battle, ft", the useless effusion of their. blood, and the achieveMent of nugatory vielories; •the fruits" 4 which they Were to lose almost-as soon as they were acquired. If Ministers appointed such Corninatiders; they must srand in some responsibility to their coun. .try ; and if they passed by men of known valour and' . .talents to choose men not known to possess either; they should answer to their country for the conse licences. He concluded by repeating his Motion. Air. QUIN seconded the motion of Mr. Wait it man, commenting with much point upon the odious and debaSing terms of a Convention, dishonourable to the British arms and charader, insulting and injurious to her best friends and allies. He reprobated the permission of a vanquished enemy to -depart with the honours of war, with their•arms, ammunition, and baggage, and loaded with the spoils of the coun try: they had so loncrgoaded and oppressed,.while no stipulation \va , made for the exchange of the five thousand , gallant Spaniards, imprisoned on board the Russiab •squadron in the 'Maus for no- other . • . fault than their love to their King and Country. Might be exchanged perhaps, but for whom ? Not for French. soldiers taken in battle, bnt for a horde of spies and. revolutionists, miscreant agents of the . Cotsican Usurper, dispersed through Portugal: Nor was any stipulation made to obtain the libera tion of to;000 of' our countrymen, rotting- in , the. dtmgeons of France, not taken- iii war or battle, but* 'seized,' not only violation-of the 'law of nations, but of every principle lof nationallhospitality, while travelling through Franco in a . period of pro found peace. When he -looked, as well to the late, as to other Conventions with the Enemy, he was inclined to suppose that the French nf-go tiatcors,whenever they came to treat with ours, seem ed to deal in sorcery, to hang magic amulets round their necks, or to -surround themselves by magic circles, and thereby to stultify and confound those with whom they treated. Of this disgraceful treaty, however, he hoped there would be a speedy and 'a rigorous inquiry ' • and when he considered th e . m an who signed it as Commander in Chief, and who, by his own ratification, had deprived himself of the excuse he would found on blame to the Officer-who signed the Preliminaries, and when he recolle&ed that that Commander had been the Chief at our Garrison of Gibralt a r, h e could not refrain an apostrophe to the shade of that gallant veteran, the immortal Cock of the Pock, General Elli o tt, whose portiait now caught his eye (in the piEture of the attack on the Spanish lines hung in the room"), and to ask hoW would his gallant spirit blush for the condu& of that successor, who had thus disgraced and humiliated the glo - y of his country. Alderman SMITH perfeCtly' concurred in the mo tion. • Mr. J. DIXON admitted that inquiry was necessary. He would agree to the motion if it was worded merely to that end, but he would ondeinn no men, without hearing the reasons by which they were ac tuated. . Alderman PRICE perfe&ly agreed to the motion. Alderman BIRCH gave his fullest assent to the mo tion, and as an Englishman, b6ring the honour of his Majesty's COmmisSion as a Volunteer Officer, and feeling for the honour of the British Army, he felt the full necessity of enqUit'y, and saw nothing in the wording of the motion at all exceptionable. Alderman CO MBE not only felt the neceitv en— qUiry, and the discovery of the: authurs dis grace, but thought, that where guilt was Foved, vengeance should follow. Alderman CURTis concurred in both points ; but obje&ed solely to the premature and unnecessary measure of an Address to advise his Maj,:sty to that enquiry, for which no man in the Kingdwn was more anxious than the Sovereign himself. Mr. SLADE thought the Address necessary, as it would spew His Majesty tharthe sense .of his Peo ple was in support of the inquiry he had yo much at heart. It was a representation, as it were, from the Grand Jury of the Nation, to the Majesty of the' Country, that a great injury had been done, and that inquiry and punishment should attach upbn the de- Ainquents ; and be hoped the vote of this day would bean example for every Corporation in the Country. After a few words from Mr. WAITTiMAN, the question was put, and carried unanimously, and a. Committee appointed to prepare the Address. Being returned, the Address was read and, agreed, to, andthe :''herifl: o ; attended by the Remembrance'', were requested to, Widupon his MAJESTY to know his royal pleasure ts4ten the Court may attend topre-, sent the same.- AMERICA. New-1 mm; AUG. are very distressed, owing to the e mad EmbargO of JEFFERSON; this country will be utterly rnmed if he continues . much longer in power. We have two plentiful crops on hand, and the produce of the ground selling for next to nothing ! Judge yourself what a state we are in, when I inform yOu that flour will scarce bring a dol lar the barrel now; salt beef and pork may be had in barrels at little more than a halfpenny per pound ; cotton at 3d. per lib. ;` tobacco at Qs; 6d. -per . cwt. : Indigo, Carolina, Is. per lib. ; staves, wood, and lumber of all sorts, will only sell for firewood ; every article the produce of the ground is a drug. It will effectually ruin every farmer, though-the land costs them next to nothing.—They talk much in both the Northern and Southern States, of ereaing manuta6lories, but in this-state the Federalists have effectually discouraged all such attempts, by pointing out their ruin (for wages, though a little lower, are still very high) by the British goods, which will be poured_ in the, moment the Embargo is taken off, which, we have no doubt,. will be done whenever Congress sits down, for the Federalists have exerted themselVes throng)] the whole Union to return Mem bers.who are in opposition to JEFFERSON and the EMbargo.. Indeed, the Federalists, who are, ex ceeding numerous through all the States, are hostile to JEFFERSON'and the Republican Government, and have openly avowed it in all their publications." A Gentleman_ arrived in town yesterday, • who escaped from St. Maloes in an open boat. We Un derstand that he waited o n Mi n i sters with some im portant-iniortnation relative io the state of affairs in - France. When he sailed, several Frigates were h:t'ng out at St.-Malues, and the port was filiod with. Privateevi . TrEY:Ito e, Tirl, OCT. 4. ..•••••41 . . .. A change has taken p lace in the weather for the last week, and his occail oned some departures, but !hey are counterbalances ) by many fre.sh arrivals for the litter season, and sevi oral houses are engaged for the winter. . . • -• .. • ~ , Last Friday evening, i. Mrs. BYAM gave a gr an d Concert and titertainmt !.rit to all the principal Nd bility and Gentry here:- • Miss . BONTEIN played.] DussECtc's celebrated Con . . certo,. in which is iotrodu cell SHIELD'S favourite Air of " The Plough .Boy;" a.very superior, manner. Mrs. BYAM performed a Grand Concerto of Dus sEcres, with full accompaniments, in a-manner which must have drawn forth the unqualified ad miration of Our first-rate professors, The Band of the first Regiment of I-Liooverian Light Horse at tended, and played several., German Airs, with.varia. lions. In the cour se o f the evening, the celebrated Glee from The Curfew, with several others, vVere performed by Mrs. ,BYAM at Id Miss BONTEIN, aSsist ed by Mr. CUMMINS, in a style of melody highly. gratifying to the Cognoscent....; . The whole went off. with muCh,,spiriti and the company parted highly gratified with a choice musi= cal treat. • An equestrian figure of hii MAJESTY, ,mounted on his favourite grey charger "Alonis,,has been farm ed in chalk on the HiUS of Ormington, belonging to Mr. Wool), of that place: aitt hough its length is 280 and its height 020 feet, yet the likeness of the King is well preserved, and the - Vmmetry of the horse is so complete, as to do , great - . credit to Mr. HAMIL •TON, of this town, for its etxecution. . It is a nou velle anti pleasing obje& to the pedestrians on the Esplanade, but more especially to those who are toted of water excursions in our Bay, where the view is rendered more complete. It has been carried into effeat under the direction of Mr. WOOD, Bookseller, at the particular request and bole expellee of JOHN RAINIER, Esq. Brother to the: late Admiralof that• name, and is intended as a Misting token. of loyalty and affection to the best of Sovereigns. . , - The Theatre here, on IVlonday evening, was. ele gantly filled, for the benefit of that deserving giros, Mrs. H. HUGHES. The performances were the. Comedy of The Wanderer, followed by the much admired Melo-drarne of The Blind Boy. THE THEATRE.—MrS. ORGEP., from the Edin burgh Stage, appeared for the first,time last night, on London boards, in the character of Lydia Lan . suislt,iii the excellent comedy of The Rivals. Her figure is elegant, her face very pleasing, her manners are easy, and we consider her as a valuable addition to the Theatre:. She conceived the part of the ro mantic heroine with greatiudgment, and performed it with spirit and variety, She appears to be quite in the bloom of lite, and in parts of easy gaiety and. spirit, is hkeiy to become a great, favourite. ELLis- TON, foritie Best time:, took the part of Captain Ab solute,.and we never siw him to so little advantage in - a comic character. He was stiff' and formal throughout. Ha 1, d none of the animation, gaiety, and spirit with which. the character is drawn, and he failed in all those 31C11 strokes of humour which marks his intercourse with Sir Anthony, and Mrs. Malaprop. Such is the consequence of t hat, disposition to engross all the chief charaaers of Tragedy and, Cotrredy to himself; and he never can hope to reach excellence, while he is so anxious for , monopolizing versatiaty. DowToN gave .a good, portrait of .Sir Anthony, but h e t respass e d too much upon decorum in describing the personal charms of . Lydia. Such gestures rather excite disgust than merriment, and never ought to appear before the Public. Mr.' H. StDootis acquitted himself respeOlably in Fautirland, and his wife gave a tender interest to Julia. JOHN STONE and BANNISTER,. in Sir Lucius and..//cres, • powerfully supported, the Piece, The houSe was, tolerably well attended, We are happy to have . it in our power to say, 'that' the Duke of QUEENSBURY, Lord KINNArRD, Lady VERNON, Lady LootsA MACKDONALD, Mrs. BAR WELL, and Miss KINNAIRD, have most libe4ally given up their boxes to the proprietors of Covent- Garden Theatre. The,Duke of QUEENSEURY has also sub - scribed 5001. towards the relief oo , lle unhappy sufferers-- a conduct which reflees immortal honour on the hu mane heart of t his venerable ;Jeer. • The Proprietors. of fTheßeau Monde, having stated that the " Plate representing the, feigned retreat of Major General FERGUSON'SBIjgad,e, had been don e under Major CAMPBELL'S communication," we are authorised to declare, that this ,statement is a groSs and scandalous miSrepresentation, Major CAMPBELL pot`having made any communication to the said Pro prietors, or to any other person relative to the said " Plate," or san&ioned any Publication relative to the Operations of the British Army in Portugal. The late 'Professor Pons was remarkable for having a wonderfully retentive memory; his me mory was so very tenacious, that he could quote whole pages froth almost any author ; and_on read ing a newspaper once over, he was able at the dis tance of two hours after, to repeat the whole of its contents, almost literatini et verbatim. Tars PANIC-STRUCK PEASANT.—Last Wednesday as a countryman was nutting in Catsfield Great Wood, he found the nuts so plentiful that he soon half filled a sack, by the weight of which his pro gress of gathering was so much 'imped e d th at h e found' it necessary to ge t rid of his incurubrance, by leaving it, as he thought, in a place of security, until he should have, increased his stock, by means of a satchel, from distant hazels, and proceeded accord ingly : but unluckily in the interim a Black, from a neighbouring barrack, engaged in a similar pursuit, discovered the rep os i tor y, an d after exarrbping its contents, resolved on possessing it ; but in o rder to give a'colourable pretence to the possession,- he had recourse to the following whimsical stratagem. Ile stripped off his clothes, and after concealing them, Seated himself naked on the sack, where he remain ed; clutched Up, till the return of the colwtrymari, :mil by his grimaces and the yells which lie set up, to give effect to the part he was aoling, on ,the poor fellow's approach, so terrified him, that he bounded from the wood like a deer, arid, happy in his escape, left his nuts, without regret, to he cracked by the :Devil:on whose territories, at the moment of his, . pamc, he believed he had been trespassing. Mungo, Weil pleasect 'with the success of his trick,. bore away the prize, and the circornstaiice has caused no in 'considerable share of mirth in the neighbourhood. S ORTINO TIGA'NCL:: _. - NEWMARkET Fi Ot:TOBE.1 !'rIEE.T“jG, taJ • • ruzEra Y-, OC , f. 3. Ld Grosvenors Violar te, 2s,t. 7th. beat Mr. Shaltecpeare, Seiim, - Bst. ilb. 13. C. h. 11,- 5 t o 4 on Violante. • . The Lilly-boo. Stakes of zsgs. each, for 3-yr. old colts and , • fillies ; carrying Sst. 4th. fillies Ist. 1). 1; Ld Grosvenor's th f. Plover, by Sir. Peter • - Mr. KellermaL's c. Z.iroaster, by Sorcerer, cut of' • Louisa - Ld Grosyenor's hr. c.•Che;ter, - by Sir Peter Ld Groavenor's b. 1. Isis, by Sir Peter- - - - 4 Sir C. Turner's c. nrAmble, by , Harrib7,etonian Mr: Lake's b: Cop ty,:ota ot Maderno;selle • 6 Sir F. Standish's eit. c. by Mr, Teazle, dam by Volun teer, out of Storace - • - • a - Mr. Ladbroke'sa br c. Tristram, by Teddy, bEught of ,‘ ; Mr..;llorand- • - - • . Lane's b. e.• Ey Trumpator, dam, by -Walnut ... pd. Mt. Fern - tors br. f.• by Stamford, ouroi AloxinaLci • - /Id C, Spmersees,b. e. I. thelfred, by Beningbrough -. p ct Mr. 0. Radclin's eh. c.'Rubetts, brother to Scrim. pd • I .6 to 4 on Plover. • I.d Sa t ekville's Bustard, Sat. 1 - ;lb. beat Sir C. Tomei': Mr. Gundy,s2st.--7 to 4 on Bustard. • L Mr. Cray.en's.Beau 'Nash, Sst. zlb. beat Gen. Grnsveristr!.. , Rifleman, Est'. E. At zoogs. h. ft. -7 to 4aAst.ll-eatrAish, Ld-Fokey'.s Comrade, beat Si r C. l'unter's .Thoniasinv, • gst. zib. each. T.i4l. M.B.C. zoogs. h. ft.- 7 7 t 0.4 on Coat- Tade. • ' • Ld Grosvenoe&Eaton,..,Bst. 'beat Mr. Shakespeat's Tra:- falgLir, 'Bst. 31b. Across the Flat, zao&s. li. It.-7 to gbsi Eaton. . , Gen; Grosvenor's jblm-o'Gaunt, 73t 61b. beat I). of Rut= land's. Rambler, Bsr, 811). 7 -7 to,4'agst. folin.o'-Gaunt. ~ kl One Third of a SubscriOon ofziss§, each, for 4-yr. c colts carrying 4st...LAt). and fi14454 , 85t. 71b. D. I-. D. of Gralton' s b. c. Musician - - - 1 Ld Lowther's b. c. Hyias, by Beningbionzb - 7 Mr. Yertnarls br. c. )4ikhron ;.- 3 1 V 1. 4 - .444'..1..13,. f, l'iymphina . - , ''„lr . • - 4 2 to I a gst - : Muslcian--6 tu 4on Brighton. :: . , . • iffOktlET.iit PINET.—This person, who.„.vas well known:4n, )n) met6i:ll World, stopped, naymenck in Patt, in ffte:yettr 1789, for .%500,0091;.4nd Oft following ariecdote is related ~ i - e spectitig hi death; which, at - the time it happened, was imputed to-:: suicide':--When the Revolution began, in July 1789; and the mob ruled, a, Secret Agent of the Duke of ORLEANS, a friend of PINET, advised' hire safety-to place his strong box with the Duke. Pl - requested tie r faVOur'of His Serene. HighnesS to *take his treasure under his protec.tion, to:which the „Duke readily. agreed. As the'Chest visas locked, all, was.safe. , But whe'n the ttuntilt subsided.at the end' of the month, PlNET.called to thank the Duke, and ask for his box. I have, sent it . (said the to my country 7 hous e a t g assy ;. conic and,otne IVltl nie,land take it. away." When PINET arrived to dinnel', theDuke - deired. him.to send away his own carriage, saying he .would' givehim' ore of his, as he intended to cross the Bois de Boulogne, to go' to St. Germain, and leave his., money witti• his Father-in-law.. After diliner, tha unsuspecting Financier mounted one 9f the Duke's cabriolets (a one-horse chaise with a cm er), and 'a groom got up behind. Next day PINET washnis 7 , sing ; the House sfopt payment in a few days more ; and in about a- week he ',vas found in the wood with his brains blown out. !—lt was immediately did that he had shot himself on account of a derangement in: his affairs. But the knowing ones suspeaed, that he was.sliot" by another, for the ball had entered the back of 11;4. head, and passed in a descending direaion; so that it, appeared to be disch?rged by the servant who stood' behind. A few months after, the same groom was a pri-• saner at the Chatelet, and Ort'ol PrNwr's Creditor's (the Marquis DE MARCONNEY) Went in diSgoise, as anvher prisoner, and learned the truth. The vil-f lain OR L EANS had given the groom 72,000 livits (or 30001.) for murdering Plts:ET, -and' had got ,about 20 milhons of litres in :Abe cheSt (800,0001.) The . groom soon spent. the reward of .his iniquity,'-and, ORLEANS erlielOyed the money- be got to pay the mob that, on the sth o f the following October; dragged the - . KING and R OYAL , FAMILY from thejr; Palace at Versailles to Paris. Such was the termina tion-of'the Speculations of Monsieur PrNET, what did riot g . obble..Lottery 'rickets, as it .seetts is :don. in, London.; but who gobbled Millions irorn trio cre dulous, and was murdered that his wealth m i g ht fa cilitate TraliorS to ruin their . SOiereign • ANECDOTE 91THE PRETENDEDJoSEPII,-; In sacking, the Palace and Churches of Madrid, Jo. sarli hid heard* tutiCii of a particular figure of our Saviour, of exqUisite workmanship, •Wrought.in the purest gold, and en] iched with the - choicest Berns; that he accompanied the party to the Church which contained it. On. approaching: the altar where it Was placed, they ,'met .the ViCar, whOse 'name I:fas JUAN BLAST " Pray," . Said JbsEPH, "are you' Blas of Sahtillaner " No," said the Vietfr, no Bias 9f Santillaiie, but'l dare say you are a descend ant of Don Rolando, the Chief of the. Banditti,", Since there has been's° general a sPirit . amon c , ,, the Volunteers to transfer •their services to the Local Mi litia, we understand that it is the intention of Go.; vernment to encourage and increase the latter to at legit 200,000 men. About eleven o'clock, on Tuesday .se'nnight; ati alarm of fire ' , was - given-at Greenock. On the at- rival of the engines 'on the'spot where, the fire .was said to be raging,"the.alarm was diseovered to Le false. Such condu6t is highly criminal,. and- "is . fre quently' attended with fatal colksequences; a Melan choly instance of which occurred that .night the - alartn being given,. Mrs. Currie; wlte of-Mr. Currie, spirit-dealer in that town, rose froth her bed; and went t o the window', for the purpose of in quiring where the fire was, when she was so , struck with terror, that she burst a, blood vessel; and ex pired almost instantaneously. What renders this ac cident the more melancholy is. her being thr advanc ed in . pregnancy. StriC,t,inquiry i we understand, is making after the authois .of: this alarm, who, we trust; will soon be brO9ght to that punishment they sajtwly • CORN-EXCHANGE, OCT. s.—llere is ayet'y short supply of Wheat this day, and sales are made fully at last prices; Rye is .cheaper; ayeryshbit supply oaf Bade) , and. Malt ; scarce any White I . \:ase ; Grey bud the two kind of Beans keep'their priLi..q ; th ere • 'are likewise but short sopplies of Oats, 11!/.1 sales thereof at an advance dl Is. and 2s. per,c•Yarter ; Flour without alteration. wheat 58s a' 68s a Fos od Tick Beans - 6'os a 65 . s td. - Fine ditto - 84 o s a 88s od O ats - 329 a 365 a 3 8i :cd, 'Rye - -48 s a sas od Poland ditto - 395 a .iwvc.ct • Barley - - - 405 a 455 od Potatce - _ -. 5 a 41 i, c .d. Malt - - 725 a Sos cd Rape Seed - 401 a 441 -- .a White Pease t4os a 147 s act Fine Flour - 7is a Sos 4 . d GrLiY ditto - 583 a 633 p od SecOnas . - 7Qs a 755 ngt bens • .., • 64s 4 7,4 El .